function y = createElementContainer()
y = struct( 'stress',[0 0 0]',...
        'constitutiveMatrix',[],...
        'ue_old',[0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]',...
        'alpha',[0 0 0 0]',...
        'h',[0 0 0 0]',...
        'H',[],...
        'Gamma',[]);
end
